见树叶茂,
当愿众生,
以定解脱,
而为荫映。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第64偈)
Seeing a tree’s leaves that are lush,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
with concentration [attain] liberation,
and with it [attain] shade [from the sun].’*
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 64)
* with the heat of suffering